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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
atrophy or wasting of muscle
2 cups
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
2. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
4 calories/gram
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
2 cups
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
3. When does BMR increase?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
rickets - osteomalacia
one week period
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
4. When does BMR decrease?
prealbumin levels
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
TPN total parenteral nutrition
trans fatty acid
5. What foods have high quality protein?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
3 cups
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
6. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
cream cheese - cream or butter
5.5 ounces/day
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
dark green - orange - drybeans
7. What function is vitamin A?
carrots and sweet potatoes
4 calories/gram
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
8. Fats can lead to some medical problems
carrots and sweet potatoes
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
trans fatty acid
9. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
4 calories/gram
3 cups
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
albumin levels
10. What is normal albumin levels?
day week or month
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
vitamin K
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
11. Where can you get more vitamin D?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
dairy and fortified foods
fats
2 cups
12. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
4 calories/gram
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
prealbumin levels
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
13. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
hemorrhage
liver and intestinal synthesis
2 cups
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
14. What type of people need extra protein?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
fats
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
diet recall
15. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
fats
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
500 cal/day
16. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
protein
6 oz. a day
2 cups
17. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
carrots and sweet potatoes
B and C
review of systems
protein and fat
18. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
hemorrhage
carrots and sweet potatoes
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
19. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
albumin levels
diet recall
can consume more calories without weight gain
antioxidant - immune function
20. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
day week or month
dietary approach to stop hypertension
vitamin C - citrus fruits
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
21. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
vitamin K
5.5 ounces/day
essential amino acids
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
22. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
one tspn salt or less
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
5.5 ounces/day
apple is higher risk than a pear
23. How many calories/gram is protein?
500 cal/day
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
4 calories/gram
essential amino acids
24. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
vitamin K
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
trans fatty acid
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
25. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
protein
carrots and sweet potatoes
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
26. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
one week period
milk - enriched grains
2 cups
apple is higher risk than a pear
27. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
atrophy or wasting of muscle
5.5 ounces/day
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
trans fatty acid
28. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
albumin levels
vitamin K
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
29. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
500 cal/day
low albumin levels < 3.4
18-25
30. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
one week period
2.5 cups
fat soluble vitamins
31. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
transferrin
milk - enriched grains
32. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
fat soluble vitamins
milk - enriched grains
hemoglobin
33. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
2.5 cups
decrease in total lymphocyte count
vitamin K
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
34. What is RDA of protein?
apple is higher risk than a pear
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
milk - enriched grains
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
35. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
pregnant women or elderly
B and C
300 cal/day increase
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
36. What is the function of vitamin C?
protein and fat
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
essential amino acids
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
37. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
dietary approach to stop hypertension
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
low albumin levels < 3.4
38. Sources of fats
diet recall
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
3 cups
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
39. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
6 oz. a day
protein
B and C
18-25
40. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
fats
dark green - orange - drybeans
fat soluble vitamins
B and C
41. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
decrease in total lymphocyte count
4 calories/gram
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
fats
42. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
dark green - orange - drybeans
protein
2.5 cups
43. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
one tspn salt or less
protein
44. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
B and C
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
TPN total parenteral nutrition
dairy and fortified foods
45. What function is vitamin D?
cream cheese - cream or butter
dark green - orange - drybeans
2.5 cups
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
46. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
6 oz. a day
albumin levels
rickets - osteomalacia
47. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
antioxidant - immune function
hemoglobin
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
48. Name six sources of grains
albumin levels
can consume more calories without weight gain
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
49. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
liver and intestinal synthesis
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
decrease in total lymphocyte count
starches - sugars - and cellulose
50. What does DASH stand for?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
decrease in total lymphocyte count
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition